Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

10 Favorite New Albums of 2025
10 Favorite New Albums of 2024
10 Favorite New Albums of 2022
Top 10 Albums of 2021
10 Favorite New Albums of 2020

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Movies of 2023 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Francesca David Murray Quartet
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Sly Thom Zimny
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Liars Sarah Manguso
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Oracle Cate Marvin
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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